Merlin Timeline

Events

• 2026-09-09 - Market Signal - Merlin shifts civil autonomy certification strategy to large aircraft - The phased strategy reuses technical and regulatory work from Merlin’s New Zealand programme. Merlin has completed preliminary and critical design reviews for its USSOCOM C-130J autonomy programme. The C-130J programme carries more than $100 million in… - source: investors.merlinlabs.com
• 2026-08-24 - Regulatory - Merlin receives New Zealand Part 146 design-organization certificate - The approval internalizes design-signoff work that previously had to pass through outside design organizations. The certificate is organizational and is not limited to one aircraft or programme. Delegated scope must still be agreed with the Civil Aviation… - source: investors.merlinlabs.com
• 2026-08-06 - Regulatory - Merlin Pilot reaches SOI 3 in New Zealand certification programme - SOI 3 confirms that the software has been tested and verified against the requirements agreed for the Part 23 certification programme. Merlin and the regulator also concluded an issue paper defining the certification approach and evidence required for… - source: investors.merlinlabs.com
• 2026-07-23 - Partnership - IAI and Merlin sign MoU for autonomous cargo-aircraft technology - The phased programme covers market assessment, engineering, regulatory preparation and platform selection. The work is tied to Merlin's Condor autonomy product family for large, multi-crew aircraft. - source: markets.businessinsider.com